Mop pail



June 3, 1924. 1,496,530

J. M. EIFFE MOP PAIL Filed May 24 1923 Patented June 3, 192 2.

i,et 6,539

AMES M. EIFFE, or ru'nronvrtmc NEW YORK, asszenon. To WHITE MOP warn-ens. cOMPAnY, or FULTGNVILLE, NEW YORK, A conronnrroiv on new YORK.

MOP PAIL.

Application filed May 24,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES M. EIFFE, citizen of the United States, residing at Fultonville, county of Montgomery, State of New York, have invented a certain new and use ful Improvement in Mop Pails, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make. and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relatesto an improvement in mop pails shown in the accompanying drawings and more particularly described in the following specification and claims.

It is well known that the type of mop wringer adapted to straddle the rim of an ordinary pail is apt to cause the pail to be easily overturned thereby spillingthe water contained therein upon the floor. It has also been found that in actuating the lever of the wringer to express water from the mop that the ordinary pail is apt to upset thus resulting in spilling the water.

A further objection to the common metallic pail when used to support a mop wringer is that the pressure exerted upon the pail is apt to cut or bend its rim. A still further objection to the ordinary pail is that the bottom of the pail is not sufficiently rigid to withstand the strain due to the operation of the mop wringer.

A further objection is that in the use of the ordinary cylindrical pail there is not sufiicient room in front of the wringer to insert the mop into the pail and upon expressing the water from the mop the water is apt to be projected over the opposite edge of the pail.

The primary object therefore of the present invention is to overcome these and other objections to the ordinary pail when used to support a mop wringer and one of the features of the present invention consists in constructing the pail in an elliptical form in horizontal cross section in order that the mop wringer may be suspended on one of the narrow ends of the long diameter of the ellipse that there may be ample room to permit the mop to enter the pail in front 1923. Serial no. e41,117

of the wringer before inserting the mop inthe wringer to express the surplus water contained therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rigid rim for supporting the wr1nger,-said rim being reinforced by a pair of semi-circular straps, spot-welded thereto, having outstanding ears punched to receive a bail. i. I

A further object of the invention is to provide reinforced intersecting strap members spot-welded to the bottom of the pail having projecting lugs or domes,for1ned on the return-bends at the ends. of the straps Mich-saws asskidcontact points, whereby the pail when filled with water may be readily pushed along the floor without lifting. V

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention further resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed it being understood that changes may be made in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of the same.

In the drawings accompanying this specification:

Figure l. is a perspective view of a pail embodying my invention showing in dotted lines a mop wringer supported upon its rim.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross sectional view of a detail showing the wall and a portion of the bottom of the pail to which is spotwelded one of the reinforcing strips with its projecting lug or skid-dome,also the reinforcing band'at the top of the pail below the rim.

Figure 3 is an inverted plan view showing the intersecting reinforcing straps and their raised dome-lugs or skid points.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the pail showing the projecting ends of the reinforcing band at the top of the pail to which the bail is pivoted. I

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings:

A denotes a pail formed of sheet metal of elliptical shape in horizontal cross section.

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dome or cup-shaped lug D forming skid' points by which the pail may be pushed over the floor without lifting it therefrom. To provide a smooth finished edge the straps are bent back upon themselves asindicated.

at D

The upperedge of the pail is bent to enclose an encircling wire rim E,and .beneath the rim the wall of the pail 1s preferably vertical for a suitable dlstance suflicient to receive a pair of are-shaped reinforcing straps F, F, which may be spot-welded to the .wall of the pail;theadjacent ends of whichare bent outwardly on opposite sides of the pail to form ears which are pierced to receive the-ends of abail G, looped .there- I through.

H denotes a mopwringer indicated. in dotted lines suspended on the rim of the ail.

It will be apparent that the elliptical form of the pail,-in horizontal cross section,provides ample room for the mopzto be immersed in the pail in front of the.

wringer before inserting it in the latter to express the surplus water.

It will also be not-ed that the pail is not apt to be tipped either through the opera.

tion of .the wringer or as a result of the overhanging weight of the -latter,as frequently occurs when the ordinary circular pail in cross section is employed.

It will'be apparent that the reinforced upper edge of the pail provides a. strong, and

rigid construction which is not apt to be in-,

jured through the operation of the wring er.\vhile the reinforcing cross members at.

the bottom of the pail serves to stiffen the structure against strain due to the operation of the device, so also the skid cups .or domesprovide convenient .means for slidportion of the straps, said ends having cup shaped projections adapted to support the pail in spaced relation to a floor, whereby the pail may be readily pushed over a floor or other supporting,surface.

2. In a device of the character described, a pail formed of sheet-metal elliptical in horizontal crosssection, a pair of intersecting reinforcing straps formed ofsheet metal secured:tothebottom of the pail having their ends bent backwardly adjacent the end wallsofrthepail in spaced relation to the body of thestraps, the spaced ends of ,said.

straps. having. semi-circular projections adapted tosupport the-bottom of the pail in spaced. relation to thefioor on which it may rest.

3. In a device ofthe character described, a pail formed of sheet metal, its annular wallbeing elliptical in horizontal cross section, reinforcingstraps spot-welded to the bottom of the pail with their ends bent backwardly in spaced relationsto the body of the straps, the ends of said straps having semi-circular projections adapted to support thebottomof the pail iirspaced relation to the floor on which it may-rest, an annular elliptical wire ring enclosed within the upperedge of the pail wall, a pair. of arc-shaped reinforcing straps located below the wire rim securedito thewall of the pail, said straps. having outwardly projecting ears, pierced .to receive the ends of a bail,

and a bail having its ends looped through the respective ears.

In. testimony whereof, I sign. this specification. in the presence -of two witnesses.-

J AMES. M EIFFE. lVitnesses L. 1 NE VEDDER; L. E.. EivsIoN. 

